Grease trap for range hoods



Feb. 5, 1946. F. E. BAUMGARTNER GREASE TRAP FOR RANGE HooDs Filed oct. 19, 1944 Suventor E. Bau mga/'ne/f Patented Feb. 5, 1946 i UNITED STATES PATENT *OFFICE 2,s93,957 Y Y y p GREASE TRAP Fon RANGE Hoops Frank E. Baumgartner, Spokane, Wash. Application October 19, 1944, Serial No. 559,371 4 claims. (or 126-299) This invention relates to a range of the type used in kitchens and provided with an overhead hood for catchingsmoke rising from the range. This smoke contains grease which is suspended in the smoke and passes from the hood with the smoke. Since the grease is suspended in the smoke it gathers on the inner surface of the hood and the flue leading therefrom to a chimney, and soot will adhere to the greasy surfaces and soon cause them to be coated with a thick layer of greasy soot which is hard to remove and also constitutes a fire hazard,

Therefore, one' object of theinvention is to provide a device which may be mounted over the hood in such relation to the smoke outlet opening thereof that smoke will pass through the device and grease be removed from the smoke.

Another object of the invention is to provide and device with a pan for receiving the grease which is removably mounted so that when it becomes lled with grease it may be removed and grease emptied from it.

Another object of ,the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein a housing is divided to provide a chamber through which the smoke passes and in which the grease pan is removably supported by a horizontal partition in the body forming a bottom for the chamber and also having a portion projecting forwardly from the chamber and serving as a shelf upon which dishes may be placed and warmed.

Another object of the invention is to provide within the chamber a baffle disposed over the pan in such position that as smoke rises from a throat in the pan it will strike the baille and thus cause grease in the smoke to gather against the under surface of the baiiie and drip from the baille into the pan. n

Another object of the invention is to so form the baffle that grease gathering thereon wil1 ow toward front and rear edges of the baffle and drip therefrom into .the pan.

Another object ofthe invention is to so form the pan that its front wall will form a closure for an opening at the front of the chamber and through which the pan is thrust into and removed from the chamber.

Another object of the invention is to provide a grease trap which may be formed of sheet metal and very cheaply manufactured.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the grease trap.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken transversely through the grease trap on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

face of the baille grease inthe smoke will gather n e Fig. Sis a sectional view on the line 3'-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the grease pan.

This grease trap has a housing I formed of sheet'metal and open at its front, as shown in Fig. 2. The bottom 2 of the housing terminates in rearwardly spaced relation to the open front of the housing, thus providing an inlet through which smoke in the hood 3 of a cook stove may enter the housing. Smoke rising from the stove may also enter the housing through the open front thereof and the bottom 2 may serve as a shelf upon which dishes to beywarmed may be placed. A partition llv extends horizontally in the housing in spaced relation to the top and bottom thereof and divides the housing into upper and lower compartments 5 and 6. This partition forms a bottom for 'a chamber 'I at the rear of the upper compartment which is defined by a vertical` partition 8 constituting a front Wall for the chamber 1. This wall 8 extends the full width of the housing but is of such depth that its lower edge is spaced upwardly from the partition 4 and providedwith an opening under the wall through which a grease pan Il) may be inserted and removed.

The pan is formed of sheet metal and has a front wall II of greater width than the pan and projecting upwardly therefrom, as shown in Fig. 4, so that Vwhen the pan is thrust under the wall 8 and into the chamber 1, the wall II will overlap the 4outer fron-tface of the wall .8 and constitute a closure for the opening 9, Anupstand- 1, where vit will strike a baille I 4. This baille is Y formed integral with a mounting plate I5 which is rmly secured against the rear wall of the housing and abuts the top wall of the housing. The baille is upwardly bowed in transverse cross section with its concave surface presented downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, and referring to this figure, it will be seen that the rear side portion of the bailie plate bears against the rear wall of the housing and projects forwardly therefrom to form a lip I6. When the smoke strikes the under against the baiile and run towards its front and rear edges and drip therefrom into the pan, where it gradually lls the pan. The smoke moves forwardly from under the baite and then flows upwardly over plate I and out through the neck I1 and upwardly-through a, ue I8 tting about the neck and leading to a chimney, Y After lthe pan has become lled with grease it is withdrawn through opening 9, the grease emptied from the pan, and the pan replaced. Therefore, the grease will be prevented from :accumulating in the ue and causing soot to adhere to a greasy surface and quicklyrclog the flue. This also prevents the Ieonstituting a "shelf, a verticai transversely extending wa-ll depending Vfrom the top of said housing forwardly of the rea-r vwall tof -t-he housing with its -lower edge lspaced upwardlyifro-rn the shelf and 'cons-t-ituting'fa 4front wvall. for a rear chamber, there being -a smoke outlet at the top of the rear chamber and an `inlet-at the bottom thereof, a grease pan resting upon said horizontal partition and slidable into the rear chamber withits front wall closing 'the `space -underthe -rear chamber iront -wall, a throat in said pan open at 'itstop Vand bottom and registering with 'the smoke inlet at the bottom `of the rear chamber, and -a baffle projecting `forwarc'ily from the rear wall .of 'the' rear ychamber vover saidpan for Ycontact by smoke rising' from sai-d throat to remove Agrease `from the smoke .and drip lthe :grease into said pan.

2. A device fof the xcharacter described -comprising ahousing adapted to be :mounted upon a hood of la :cook'fstove said 'housing being 4open at .its front and having its bottom for-med with an V4opening for Aoornmunicating 'with V-a smoke `passage of the hood, a horizontal partition in saidhousing :defining upper and lower Aconi-partrrrents vand constituting a shelf, a Lvertical 'transversely `extending wall depen-ding 7from the '-top of :said housing torwardly foi' sthe 'rear walllo'f the housing with its -lower l'edge spaced upwardly ffrorn the shelf and constituting a front 'wall for ya, rear chamber, there being a smoke outlet at the 'Stop .of the Yrear CIR chamber and an inlet at Vthe bottom thereof, a grease pan resting upon the bottom of the rear chamber and inserted and removed through the opening under the front wall, and a baie in the rear chamber under the outlet and extending over said pan for removing grease from smoke moving toward the outlet and dripping the grease into said pan.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a housing adapted to be mounted upon a hood of a cook stove, v:said housing `being open at its front and having its bottom formed with an opening communicating With a smoke passage @of the hood, a horizontal partition in said hous- .housing ,forwardly of the rear wall of the housing ing dening upper and lower compartments and v constituting a shelf, a Verticaltransversely VeX- tending Wall :depending from the top of said inlet at the 'bottom of the rear chamber, and a baffle extending horizontally in the rear chamber over said pan between the throat and the outlet,

said baflie serving togremove grease from smoke A Aflo-wing from said A'throat Vand being 'provided with a transversely concave lower surface from ywhich grease drips into the pan.

' 4. Adevice of the character described comp-rising ya housing adapted `to be mounted upon a hood of a 4cook'stoV-e, Isaid housing being yopen at its front and having its bottom formed with an openin g constituting a smoke passage communicating with a smoke passage oi the hood, a 'horizontal Ypartition -in said housing formed with an opening constituting a 'smoke passage, the top o-f the housing being formed with an outlet for smoke,

a removable grease receptacle in said housing resting upon said vpartition under the smoke outiet in the top thereof and provided with -aj throat jopen at upper and lower ends and registering with vthe 'opening 'the partition, and a baie in `said housing mounted above said receptacle and overhanging the throat yfor :catching grease in the lsmoke fand depositing the .grease in the receptable.

BAUMGARTNER. 

